Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Hitachi, Ltd., (TSE: 6501), today unveiled Hitachi Accelerated Flash
storage. This new flash module is built specifically for the most
demanding enterprise-class workloads. Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage
features a custom-designed, rack-optimized form factor and innovative
flash memory controller technology from Hitachi, Ltd. These features let
the module achieve higher performance, lower cost per bit and greater
capacity compared to conventional solid-state drives (SSDs) on the
market today. Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage is available now for the
industry’s leading enterprise solution, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
(VSP). Now customers can realize a superior return on their flash
investment with lower operating expenses. Hitachi Accelerated Flash
storage is the first product to incorporate the recently introduced
flash memory controller from Hitachi, Ltd., and today’s announcement
marks the next phase of the Hitachi Data Systems flash
strategy and roadmap first announced in August.

“Today’s announcement is a milestone achievement in how flash technology
will be used in the enterprise data center moving forward,” said Roberto
Basilio, vice president, Infrastructure Platforms Product Management,
Hitachi Data Systems. “Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage is the first
flash device that is optimized for the performance and reliability
required for mission-critical applications. These applications include
OLTP databases, ERP, financial data management, metadata and indexing.
Because of the innovative multi-core flash controller technology from
Hitachi, we are able to use multi-level cell (MLC) flash in enterprise
applications by extending MLC endurance and exceeding the performance of
single-level cell (SLC) flash. The result is the lowest cost per bit of
any enterprise MLC flash solution on the market today.”

Flash technology has become more pervasive in the data center over the
past few years. However, its widespread adoption as a mainstream storage
option has been hampered by high costs, limited endurance and
sub-optimal write performance. IT organizations have been forced to make
tradeoffs in performance and capacity to reach the cost points that
their shrinking budgets can accommodate. Hitachi Accelerated Flash
storage fundamentally changes this model by eliminating these tradeoffs
and answering customer demands for high capacity and performance at the
lowest cost per bit. It changes the model by leveraging advanced Hitachi
controller technology to increase the performance of MLC flash to levels
that exceed those of more costly SLC flash. It also extends MLC flash
endurance to enterprise levels. Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage
delivers the performance, cost points, capacity and environmental
characteristics that customers desire and that alternative solid-state
storage options cannot match.

Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage fits into a new 8U flash chassis. Each
enclosure can scale from 6.4TB up to 76.8TB of flash storage, giving it
2 times greater density than the largest MLC SSD available today. Up to
4 flash enclosures can be housed in Hitachi VSP, enabling more than
300TB of flash per system. This deployment gives existing Hitachi VSP
customers the flexibility to architect cost-effective, tiered storage
environments with HDT that address the most demanding performance
workloads. Customers can do this while maintaining the same storage
management environment, external storage virtualization support,
superior uptime and advanced functionality they are accustomed to from
Hitachi VSP.

The Hitachi Data Systems flash roadmap spans across servers, storage and
appliances to enable compute acceleration, caching and high-performance
storage media use cases. Hitachi Data Systems will continue to expand
its roadmap with additional flash-optimized solutions that are highly
efficient, available and resilient. These new solutions will improve
customers’ return on flash investments and lower operating expenses
compared to alternative or single-purpose flash products.

Hitachi Data Systems provides best-in-class information technologies,
services and solutions that deliver compelling customer ROI, unmatched
return on assets (ROA) and demonstrable business impact. With a vision
that IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable,
Hitachi Data Systems offers solutions that improve IT costs and agility.
With approximately 5,900 employees worldwide, Hitachi Data Systems does
business in more than 100 countries and regions. Hitachi Data Systems
products, services and solutions are trusted by the world’s leading
enterprises, including more than 70 percent of the Fortune 100 and more
than 80 percent of the Fortune Global 100. Hitachi Data Systems believes
that data drives our world – and information is the new currency. To
learn more, visit: http://www.hds.com.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading
global electronics company with approximately 320,000 employees
worldwide. Fiscal 2011 (ended March 31, 2012) consolidated revenues
totaled 9,665 billion yen ($117.8 billion). Hitachi is focusing more
than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information
and telecommunication systems, power systems, industrial, transportation
and urban development systems, as well as the sophisticated materials
and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi,
please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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